Finally got it...

I purchased a used 2010 MKS Ecoboost with 30K miles on it. Its white-platinum tri coat, 20 in rims, AWD, has the self parking and premium sound. I think the only option its missing is the remote start, at least I think so, I haven't figured everything out yet.

First off, the buying experience was infuriating! Many of you know I've been looking at this model for months and was negotiating with various dealers in my area and even some online. No one would play , I mean the dealers were trying to get asking price, which was around 29-32K, and I knew the car was not worth that much. I came in with a 25K check in my hand from my credit union and said here it is and thats the price i want out the door with a trade in (2004 Expedition with 168K miles and needed some work on the front end - ball bearings etc), but got no offers. So I turned to Carmax, which surprised me. I thought Carmax overcharged for their used cars in exchanged for a relatively worry-free buying experience. But, turns out they had several MKS EBs for 24K, but each of those were out of warranty and were not CPOs and averaged around 52K miles on them. I test drove a red one (only one close to me that had the features I wanted but not my normal color); it was nice, had excellent power and great ride. I told the sales-guy who was very cool and attentive that I would see him the next day with a check in hand. Then all of sudden I get a call from a local dealer who decided he wanted to finally negotiate. At this point I was just about over it, so I said 24K with trade and since your MKS isn't CPO you have to throw in an extended warranty on top or I'm buying from Carmax and you can keep that MKS on your lot for another 3 months (it was a Lexus dealer BTW). He agreed, so I got it. I went personally to the Carmax and told him what happened, since he was so good to me.

As far as the car is concerned I really like it. The power is great, one of the fastest cars I've driven. The ride is extremely comfortable and supple, the handling is good but not fantastic, if you push it very hard there is some understeer which I've learned its best to actually power thru hard turns which kicks in the AWD and then the car dials in very well, there is some body lean in hard turns as well which I plan to remedy by putting in some H&R springs which will lower the car and tighten up the handling. The sound system is freaking great and the interior is very roomy regardless of the rumors you may hear about Ford's D3 cars. The self parking feature is actually great (especially for showing off to friends) and has come in handy with such a large car. As far as dislikes, the gas and brake pedals are too close together, the glove box is way too small, the touch screen is a finger print magnet, I also don't like where Ford placed the USB and auxiliary ports, the gas hatch is the capless kind but there is no locking mechanism for it, I thought the brakes were kind of weak at first but after taking the car to a very good Ford dealer they found a problem with the front calipers or something (under warranty) and it totally fixed the braking feel, the steering is nicely weighted but offers little feel.

So far so good...

Here it is beside my former Maxima, which I gave to my sister.

I plan on painting the lower body cladding a pearl type black, putting charcoal film on the front headlights along with a set of LED strips, adding a black chrome tip molding to the spoiler and maybe a black roof spoiler, along with black chrome license plate frames, along with slightly lowering the car with the H&R springs I previously mentioned. Just enough to make it distinctive and unique...

Grats on the new ride looks sweet. I've been digging white cars lately and I think I might go that route for my next car. Let me know how you like the H&R's, I thought about them for my car but decided if I'm going to lower it to fix the wheel gap I might as well do coil overs instead. But they are 3-4 times the cost.

Glad to hear you finally bought it! Love white Platinum. I'd only smoke the headlights and paint the lower body cladding. Those other mods sound terrible IMO.
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